Mercedes stretched the GLC Coupe by 1.2 inches compared to the outgoing model. It’s also 0.2 inches taller than the last generation. Up front, the coupe looks pretty similar to its standard GLC counterpart, but things start to get weird when you get around to the back. Instead of a flat roof that ends with a conventional SUV butt, the GLC Coupe slopes down like the two-dour “coupes” it gets its designation from. Comments we received on the car in person seemed mostly negative, but social media response has been overwhelmingly positive. We guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Every GLC Coupe delivered in the US, at least at first, will have the AMG Line package. This includes painted wheel arches, 19-inch wheels (which can be switched out for the optional 20-inch wheels fitted to our tester), and unique body styling. It looks mostly fine to our eye, but the connected taillights that are actually two separate units and obviously faux exhaust tips in the bumper seem a little “cheap” to us. A full configurator was not available as of this writing, but the Manufaktur Cardinal Red Metallic paint looks good in real life, albeit pricey at $1,750. The rest of the color palette is unmistakably Germanic with mostly shades of white, black, grey, and two decent blues.